Safety swinging post for mail boxes



Dec. 1, 1931.v R. E. HALL 1,834,775

SAFETY SWINGING POST FORv MAIL BOXES Filed Aug. 4, 1930 wmqass; iATToRNgv Patented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES ROY n. HALL, or LYoNs,NEBRASKA SAFETY SWINGING POST FORJILAL BOXES Application filed August 4,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insupports found particularly applicable for rural free delivery mailboxes and the like.

One of the principal objects of the invention consists of a support ofthis character designed to normally dispose the mail box over andoutwardly beyond the usual drainage ditch at the roadside.

Another object of the invention contemplates the provision andarrangement of means for yieldingly maintaining the boX in the positionstated.

An additional object of the invention embodies a mea-ns of adjustmentfor the box by means of which the latter may be adjusted to positionsfound suitable to the postman and recipient.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention further consistsof the following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention. Y

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken through one of theseveral journals upon the support.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line A-t of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicatesgenerally a standard or support,

preferably of tubular formation and suitably anchored within the groundby concrete or the like. A cap member 11 for the uppermost open end ofthe tubular support 10, is provided with a reduced Xtension 12telescopically positioned and ournally associated within the uppermostend of the tubular support, in the manner best illustrated in Figure 3of the drawings. A sleevevmember 13, telescopically associated forrocking motion 1930. Serial N0. 472,845.

Aand beyond the tubular extension l2, has

formed thereon an eye 15, swivelly associated with the eye 16, formedupon the adjacent end of an adjusting rod 17 t-he purpose of the lattermentioned rod will be better understood in the following description ofthe invention.

A supporting` arm 18, provided with a clevis 19 upon its innermost endis designed to accommodate the trunnions 2O outwardly projecting fromdiametrically opposite sides of the sleeve 18 in the manner shown inFigure 2 of the drawings and from which position the supporting rod maybe raised and lowered. An adjusting sleeve 21, slidably mounted upon thesupporting arm 18, is provided with a set screw 22 designed for bitingengagement with the supporting arm 18 to sustain the latter at anydesired height. The remaining end of the adjusting rod 17 is shaped toprovide an eye 28 passed through an apertured ear 24 upon the adjustingsleeve 21.

The mail box or other receptacle, such as indicated at 25, is mountedupon the upper side of a rod member 26, extensively associated with theoutermost projecting end of the supporting arm 18 by means of which themail box or receptacle 25 may project S5 outwardly over the highway,beyond the drainage ditch, for distances found most convenient to thepostman and recipient.

A cross pin 28, carried by the standard 10, has one end outwardlyprojected therefrom for disposition within a groove 29, horizontallydisposed within the body of the sleeve 18 and wholly obscured. fromView. Compression springs 30, arranged within the groove 29 and sprungat their ends against the end walls of the channel and the opposed sidesof the projecting xtremity of the cross pin 28, serve to normally andyieldingly position the mail box in position, shown in Figure 1 of thedrawings. A stop collar 81, 10o

l adjustably positioned upon the standard 10, is designed for abuttingengagement with the lower periphery of the sleeve 13 to provide asupport` for thelatter by means of 5. which the bearing strain may beequalized upon'both the cap ll vand sleeve 13.

From the foregoing, it is understood that the mail box may beshiftedlateral-lyand at right angles to the position shown 1in Figure lof thedrawings and in either direction to permit the recipient to removethemailjfrom the box or to permit the passingjof a ditch digger, roadscraper, hay YWagon.. andthe like Without incurringany injury to themail box 15 or the support structuretherefor or in any Way oering anobstruction to traiiic.

` The invention is susceptible of Vvarious l changes in its form,proportions and minor details of construction and the right ishereinreserved to 'makel such changes as properly `fall Within the scopeofthe appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is i "claimed is: y. Y

vA mail box support comprising a tubular standard, a cap mountedk forturning movel ment in the upper end of the" standard, a sleeve mountedfor turning movement upon the standard at a point spaced below the cap,a rod connected at its opposite ends with the cap' and the sleeverespectively and having an intermediate portion in spaced parallelrelation to thev standard,`a box supporting Yarm connected With thesleeve, a brace connecting said'arm with the upper end of said rod andsprings located interiorly of the sleeve and engaging a stop member uponthe standard. to hold the arm at a normal position. Y v l Intestimonywhereof I affix my signature. 4Q ROY E. HALL.

